Secrets of the Squarp Hapax

video upload by Signal Sounds

"Video game sound designer and composer Michael Manning returns to the Signal Sounds channel to present some tips for getting more out of the mighty Squarp Hapax sequencer.

Buy Hapax here:
https://www.signalsounds.com/squarp-h..."

Making Noise With 0Coast // SFX & Music

video upload by Michael Manning

"In this video I show why I think the Make Noise 0Coast is the best piece of hardware to learn and experiment with modular synthesis. I show an overview of the instrument before then applying it towards making SFX for a 2D video game I'm making, showing my sound design process and some more advanced tips and tricks."

Analogue Solutions Ample Review

video upload by Michael Manning

"Ample is a new synth by renowned designer Tom Carpenter of Analogue Solutions. I would describe it as being quintessentially Analogue Solutions. It has that iconic, luxurious sound that has carried through every machine Tom has created, this time coming with a particularly beautiful LPF and an array of generous interface and performance controls.

I spent a month with this on loan from AS and enjoyed my time with it. While possibly not my favourite AS synth (that for me is the Impulse Command), this is certainly a synth worth your attention if you're a fan of vintage tones bursting with vibrancy and soul."

Sherman Filterbank - No Input, Wild Output Workout.

video upload by Signal Sounds

"Watch and listen as Michael Manning, highly experienced video game sound designer and composer, generates a wild palette of sounds and tones from the Sherman Filterbank using.....only the Filterbank with nothing plugged into it! It's magic.

Because we like so, there's also a free Soundpack of samples that Michael created during the video which is available right here, right now:

https://www.dropbox.com/t/6lbepw9yGz7..."

CHORUS EXPANDED! Stereo BBD Juno style Chorus for Eurorack // SoundForce Chorus 6 & µChorus 6

video upload by DivKid

"Here we have a video packed with audio examples of not only the Chorus 6 and µChorus 6 from SoundForce but lots of examples of how to use Chorus and how to expand on the basic uses.

This video includes lots of patches with the DivKid Community music and patches! I asked my Patreon supporters to send in their audio that they’d like to hear through these modules and they sent in a great range of audio, all credited below and in the timing index. Thank you for the general support and thank you for the great audio to work with.

The Chorus 6 and µChorus 6 are both based on the classic Roland Juno series synths and they feature the same audio path as those originals. It’s a stereo array of MN3009 BBDs with basic mode control on the micro version and more expanded fully featured LFO, CV control and externally modulated options of the larger module."

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Rather Have the Story - The RHS podcasts w/ Steve Porcaro, Matt Fink, & Roger Manning

video upload by Rather Have the Story - The RHS podcast

"'Let's do it...'
- This week we welcome Steve Porcaro, of Toto, of film and TV scoring, co-author of "Human Nature" for Michael Jackson, session musician - and much more.

We talk about the world and work of session musicians, Jeff Porcaro growing up and in the studio, the Rosanna solo, making the Toto albums in the studio, our tributes to the GREAT Keith Emerson, film and TV scoring, James Newton Howard, Roger Linn, Greg Ladanyi, Tommy Mars...

The Roland Microcomposer and early sequencers and synths, the venerable Yamaha CS80, DS1 and 2, the DX7, Polyfusion modular synthesizers, "The Blip" (Steve's creation of complex attack sounds) based upon Frank Zappa and his synthesizer horn sound, and much more!

"Back To You", from Steve's solo album (Someday/Somehow) features, Steve/Mike/Jeff Porcaro together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yCZC...

*** See the rack of gear I set upon Steve's old keyboard stand at 58:17. Brownie points for all the weird stuff you can identify in the photo - drop a comment if you spot something!"

Rather Have the Story: Matt Fink = Dr Fink of Prince and the Revolution

video upload by Rather Have the Story - The RHS podcast

"This week we have the iconic musician, the longtime keyboard player for Prince and the Revolution, Matt Fink aka Dr. Fink.

We explore some of the lesser-known parts of Dr. Matt's life: Cool unknown bands from Minneapolis, the long evolution of the Dr. Fink character, vintage keyboards of the '70s, albums with meat on the cover, tribute bands, AC/DC, The Revolution reunited, When Doves Cry video, K-TEL Records, A Clockwork Orange, and (of course) working with Prince.

Stay tuned, more coming each week. We've got a lot of great guests coming, both known and unknown. Like and Subscribe, if you will - and we'll see you next time!

Thanks to Andra Fink, Max Fink, Liesl Bradner in the Peanut Gallery.
Closing Music: "1999" by Dr. Fink, "Old Boston" by Sir George Martin

MUSICIANS: Transfer your old tapes and media to digital at www.RoundAndWound.com"

Rather Have the Story podcast - ROGER MANNING: Pt1 (Beck, Jellyfish, Moog Cookbook, etc!)

video upload by Rather Have the Story - The RHS podcast

"The one, the only (almost, we discuss this) ROGER MANNING.

Incredibly talented and positive soul, RJMJ joins us for a great chat about music stuff. Great stories of digging for the then-unwanted "old keyboards" and what one does with them...

Join us for Part 1 (of likely 647 more episodes where RJMJ will return).

You will hear about vocal harmonies, classic arranging, French music, Beck, Jellyfish, and not much else - because we have a lot more to come when he returns later (like Lickerish Quartet, Imperial Drag, The Moog Cookbook, Load, Malibu, TV Eyes, Roger Joseph Manning Jr, Morrissey, Blink 192... and on and on.)

The Was Not Was song we discuss was finally released nearly 15 years later, on their Boo! album. That track is "From the Head to the Heart" - hear it here in finished form. String quartet, Orchestron Cello, Mellotron flutes! https://youtu.be/FnnU2Cx3w9s"

MOOG SOUND LAB Season 2: Twin Shadow

YouTube Uploaded by MoogMusicInc on Feb 2, 2012
Re-Published on Jun 23, 2012 GreeneSigns·10 videos

"Twin Shadow graced us with a Mooged out version of "Castle in the Snow" from their album Forget.

Twin Shadow AKA George Lewis Jr. deftly plays the Moog Guitar, utilizing the patented sustaining power to float cascading melodic lines across the soundscape. Lewis' guitar and vocals are running through the Analog Delay Moogerfooger.

Keyboardist Wynne Bennett uses the Little Phatty to lay down a fat rumbling bass line throughout the song with her left hand. With her right hand she plays a Minimoog Voyager XL, which is MIDI controlling Moog's new synthesizer iPad app, Animoog enabling her to play polyphonically.

Bass player Russell Manning plays the Moog Guitar, using the control pedal to sweep the cutoff of the guitar's internal ladder filter, to create a wah-like effect that adds a funky dub feel interwoven with the percussion.

Michael Hutcherson plays a Minimoog Old School Voyager, layering haunting soundscapes and filter sweeps throughout the song.

Drummer Andy Bauer is playing three Minimoog Voyager Rack Mounts as percussion instruments, triggering each one separately using the Trap-Kat XL drum pads. Each drum sound is a Minimoog Voyager preset that was specifically sculpted to envelop the track.

See more of the Moog Sound Lab series at: http://www.moogmusic.com/sight-and-so...

Find out more about Twin Shadow at http://twinshadow.net/"

MOOG SOUND LAB Season 2: Twin Shadow - Slow

Re-Uploaded by MoogMusicInc on Mar 14, 2012

"Twin Shadow AKA George Lewis Jr. deftly plays the Moog Guitar, utilizing the patented sustaining power to float cascading melodic lines across the soundscape. Lewis' guitar and vocals are running through the Analog Delay Moogerfooger.

Keyboardist Wynne Bennett uses the Little Phatty to lay down a fat rumbling bass line throughout the song with her left hand. With her right hand she plays a Minimoog Voyager XL, which is MIDI controlling Moog's new synthesizer iPad app, Animoog enabling her to play polyphonically.

Bass player Russell Manning plays the Moog Guitar, using the control pedal to sweep the cutoff of the guitar's internal ladder filter, to create a wah-like effect that adds a funky dub feel interwoven with the percussion.

Michael Hutcherson plays a Minimoog Old School Voyager, layering haunting soundscapes and filter sweeps throughout the song.

Drummer Andy Bauer is playing three Minimoog Voyager Rack Mounts as percussion instruments, triggering each one separately using the Trap-Kat XL drum pads. Each drum sound is a Minimoog Voyager preset that was specifically sculpted to envelop the track.

See more of the sound lab series at http://www.moogmusic.com/sight-and-sound/sound_lab/"

VIMEO version of Slow previously posted here.

PROJECT PRESET - Omnisphere Bob Moog Tribute - ARP + Rhythm 1

YouTube Uploaded by Torley on Apr 2, 2011

"Torley plays every preset from http://www.spectrasonics.net/products/tribute/

700 Inspiring Sounds - 45 Amazing Artists - One Great Cause
All New Sounds
Produced by Eric Persing, the new Bob Moog Tribute library features over 700 stunning new sounds for Omnisphere - created by more than 40 of the world's top synth artists, remixers and sound designers, including:

Hans Zimmer | Vince Clarke (Erasure/Depeche Mode) | Jean Michel Jarre | The Crystal Method | Jordan Rudess | Money Mark (Beastie Boys/Beck)
Bernie Worrell (P-Funk/Talking Heads) | Larry Fast (Peter Gabriel/Synergy) | Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (Air/Fiona Apple) | Ryuichi Sakamoto (YMO)
Morgan Page (Madonna/Katy Perry) | Keith Shocklee (Bomb Squad/Public Enemy) | Steve Porcaro (Toto) | Fredwreck (Snoop Dogg/50 Cent)
Jan Hammer (Jeff Beck/Mahavishnu Orchestra) | Danny Elfman | Michael Boddicker (Michael Jackson) | Richard Devine (Schematic/Warp)
Patrick Moraz (Yes/Moody Blues) | Eddie Jobson (UK/Roxy Music) | Diego Stocco | The Moog Cookbook | ...and many more!

Creative Approach
The new soundsources were developed using highly creative processing techniques with exotic gear like rare Buchla Modulars, Jean Michel Jarre's EMS Synthi AKS, Hans Zimmer's massive Modular Moog (including 1027 round robin Moog Drum samples!) and even Eric Persing's one-of-a-kind OMG-1. With so many different world-class artists contributing, the library is very rich in style and filled with inspiring, cutting edge sounds!
Benefit for the Bob Moog Foundation
100% of the proceeds from this library will go to supporting the innovative projects of the Bob Moog Foundation including their MoogLab student outreach program, the creation of the future 'Moogseum', and their efforts to preserve and share Dr. Moog's extensive and historic archives. The Foundation honors the legacy of synthesizer pioneer Bob Moog through its mission of igniting creativity at the intersection of music, history, science and innovation."

Spectrasonics "Bob Moog Tribute Library" to benefit Bob Moog Foundation

"Bob Moog Foundation Announces Spectrasonics Benefit

New Spectrasonics’ Omnisphere Library and Contest to Win Custom OMG-1 Synth to Raise Funds for the Foundation

ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA — MARCH 21, 2011 — The Bob Moog Foundation today announced that music software developer Spectrasonics has launched a unique, multi-faceted tribute to honor the legacy of synthesizer pioneer Dr. Robert Moog. Spectrasonics has released the “Bob Moog Tribute Library” created by renowned artists for Spectrasonics’ Omnisphere® virtual instrument software, and also kicked off a contest designed around the library, where participants enter to win the one-of-a-kind “OMG-1” hardware synthesizer created by Spectrasonics’ Founder, Eric Persing. 100% of the proceeds from this Tribute go to benefit the Bob Moog Foundation.

Spectrasonics’ Bob Moog Tribute library features over 700 stunning new sounds for Omnisphere, Spectrasonics’ flagship synthesizer, and was produced by Persing. The sounds in the new library were created by more than 40 of the world's top synth artists, remixers and sound designers, including Hans Zimmer, Vince Clarke (Erasure/Depeche Mode), Jean Michel Jarre, The Crystal Method, Jordan Rudess, Money Mark (Beastie Boys/Beck), Bernie Worrell (P-Funk/Talking Heads), Larry Fast (Peter Gabriel/Synergy), Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (Air/Fiona Apple), Ryuichi Sakamoto (YMO), Morgan Page (Madonna/Katy Perry), Keith Shocklee (Bomb Squad/Public Enemy), Steve Porcaro (Toto), Fredwreck (Snoop Dogg/50 Cent), Jan Hammer (Jeff Beck/Mahavishnu Orchestra), Michael Boddicker (Michael Jackson), Richard Devine (Aphex Twin), Patrick Moraz (Yes/Moody Blues), Eddie Jobson (UK/Roxy Music), Diego Stocco, Danny Elfman, The Moog Cookbook, and many more.

“Through this stunning Tribute Library, Eric Persing's passion for sonic innovation is manifested in a multi-layered homage to Bob Moog's pioneering work and legacy,” said Michelle Moog-Koussa, executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation. “That passion is continued through the myriad of synthesists and sound designers who have participated by donating sonic tributes in the way of patches and sounds. The Bob Moog Foundation is deeply grateful to Eric, Spectrasonics and the participating musicians for the creativity and generosity that has driven this project. Without a doubt, the funding generated from the Tribute Library will be a tremendous help in driving our mission forward.”

The grand prize in Spectrasonics’ contest, the OMG-1 hardware synthesizer, was designed by Persing as a live performance instrument and is not a commercial product — it’s truly one-of-a-kind, integrating the worlds of analog synthesis, computers, software synthesis and the latest multi-touch surfaces into one extraordinary instrument. The state-of-the-art dual manual OMG-1 combines a Moog Little Phatty® analog synthesizer, Spectrasonics’ flagship Omnisphere software synthesizer, a powerful internal Apple Mac Mini computer, dual Apple iPads®, dual iPods®, and Spectrasonics’ brand-new Omni TR™ iPad app — all integrated into a beautiful, hand-crafted curly maple cabinet created by American artisan Daniel Auon.

Contestants vying to win the OMG-1 buy and download the $100 “Bob Moog Tribute Library" for Spectrasonics’ Omnisphere software, then write one or more pieces of music utilizing the sounds from the library. The deadline for submission is July 15, 2011. Spectrasonics will be flying the contest winner to the October 2011 “MoogFest” in Asheville, NC, where Eric Persing will present the OMG-1 grand prize to the winner.

Learn more about Spectrasonics’ Bob Moog Tribute Library: http://www.spectrasonics.net/products/tribute and about the contest to win the OMG-1 synthesizer:

About The Bob Moog Foundation

The Bob Moog Foundation honors the legacy of synthesizer pioneer Bob Moog through its mission of igniting creativity at the intersection of music, history, science, and innovation. Its projects include MoogLab Student Outreach Program, which brings electronic musical instruments into the schools to teach children science through music, the Archive Preservation Initiative, an effort to preserve and protect the inventor's extensive and historic archive and the future Moogseum, an innovative educational, historic, and cultural facility that will bring Bob Moog's spirit alive. It will be located in Asheville, NC in the years ahead, pending necessary funding.

The Bob Moog Foundation is an independent, donor-driven 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization and is not formally affiliated with Moog Music, Inc."

Computer Music Journals + Electronic & Computer Music

via this auction
"Computer Music Journal. Starting with Volume II, Number 2 (1978) and ending with Volume 8, Number 2 (1984). Also in the lot is a copy of Peter Manning's Electronic & Computer Music, 2nd Edition (1993). (There is No Reserve for this auction)

Here is what is included:

1. Electronic & Computer Music 2nd Edition, Peter Manning. The first edition was published in 1985 and was written as a history of electronic music. It is still a good read for anyone interested in where this music came from. The condition of the book is good. The front cover is slightly bent up on one corner and my sister (original owner) wrote her name on the inside cover... Other than that it is perfectly fine and readable and the picture inserts are all in great condition. It is a paperback and the chapter titles are:

* The Background to 1945
* Developments from 1945 to 1960
* Paris and Musique Concrèt
* Cologne and Elektronische Musik
* Milan and Elsewhere in Europe
* America
* New Horizons in Electronic Design
* The Voltage-Controlled Synthesizer
* The Electronic Repertory from 1960
* Works for Tape
* Live Electronic Music
* Rock and Pop Electronic Music
* The Digital Revolution
* The Birth of Computer Music
* New Horizons in Digital Technology
* The MIDI Synthesizer
* From Microcomputer to Music Supercomputer
* Conclusion


2. Early issues of the magazine Computer Music Journal. I bought these a few years back. For the most part they are very technically based and may be a hard read for some, although each issue does include record reviews and product reviews of hardware and software which are fun to read now. Besides some bumped corners and some wear marks all of the magazines are in good condition, with one exception, the cover of Volume 8, Number 1 is a little torn at the top and the corner is folded back, but everything on the inside is perfect! The issues included are:

Volume II, Number 2 Summer 1978:
Abbott: Machine Tongues 2Moorer,
Grey: Lexicon of Analyzed Tones 3
Moore: Mathematics of DSP 2
Roads: Automated Granular Synthesis

Volume II, Number 3 Fall 1978:
Abbott: Machine Tongues 3
Roads: Interview with Gottfried Michael Koeni Fedorkow, Buxton,
K.C.Smith: Computer-Controlled Sound Distribution System for Performance

Volume II, Number 4 Winter 1978:
Buxton et al.: Use of Hierarchy and Instance in Computer Music Data Structure
Buxton et al.:Introduction to the SSSP Synthesizer
Laske: Consider Human Memory in Designing User Interfaces for Computer Music

Volume III, Number 1 Spring 1979:
Roads: Machine Tongues 4
Allouis: Use of High-Speed Microprocessors for Digital Synthesis
Berg: PILE-A Language for Sound Synthesis
Rozenberg: Sound Processing Using Walsh Functions
Roads: Grammars are Representations for Music

Volume 3, Number 3 Fall 1979:
Cann: Analysis/Synthesis Tutorial 1
Myhill: Controlled Indeterminancy
Piszczalski: Spectral Surfaces from Performed Music

Volume 4, Number 1 Spring 1980:
Buxton et al.: Microprocessor-based Conducting System
Sasaki, Smith: Data Reduction for Additive Synthesis
Cann: Analysis/Synthesis Tutorial 3

Volume 4, Number 2 Summer 1980:
Kornfeld: Machine Tongues 7 (LISP)
Roads: AI and Music
Alphonce: Music Analysis by Computer
Smoliar: Computer Aid for Schenkerian Analysis
Laske: Explicit Cognitive Theory of Musical Listening

Volume 4, Number 3 Fall 1980:
Roads: Interview with Marvin Minsky
Gruessay: Music Software Description and Abstractions
Fry: Computer Improvisation

Volume 5, Number 1 Spring 1981:
Moorer: Synthesizers I Have Known and Loved
Abbott: 4CED Program
Holtzmann: Generative Grammers for Music Composition

Volume 5, Number 3 Fall 1981:
Minsky: Music, Mind, and Meaning
Lansky, Steiglitz: Synthesis of Timbral Families by Warped Linear Prediction
Buxton et al.: Scope in Interactive Score Editors

Volume 7, Number 2 Summer 1983:
Roads: Musical Grammars and Computer Analysis
Karplus, Strong: Plucked-String and Drum Timbres
Jaffe, Smith: Extensions of Karplus-Strong Algorithm

Volume 8, Number 1 Spring 1984:
Levitt: Machine Tongues 10
Chadabe: Interactive Composing
Schindler: Dynamic Timbre Control for Real-Time Digital Synthesis

Volume 8, Number 2 Summer 1984:
Barbeau, Corinthios: High-Quality Audio Conversion System Tutorial
Vaggione: The Making of Octuor

For a full description of each issue go to http://204.151.38.11/cmj/ and click on "Index of Old Issues". There you can find each one and view the contents."